Adventures with Stacie

While looking for other photos, I came across this one. One of my all time favorites!

This huge cucumber came out of my mother’s garden back on Menlo Street. Apparently Evan couldn’t wait for it to be cut up and peeled. lol

I can not even begin to express how proud I am of Evan and how well he is doing in Karate. This past Saturday he graduated to his Orange belt. Next week he will start the curriculum of the Leadership Club. The Leadership club will help him gain more self confidence, learn the skills to become a leader and set an example for others to follow as well as guide him towards earning his Black Belt. the decision to join the Leadership club was Evan’s He asked about the Black Belt Club, which is basically where you commit to staying in karate until you at least reach your black belt. The Leadership Club is a step above that. His teachers actually recommended him for the Leadership Club. I gave Evan the choice to make and he chose Leadership. I can not wait to see him grow into the Leader I know he can be.
I have to say, putting Evan in karate was one of the best decisions I have made in a very long time.

This will be my very first Ten On Tuesday

1. I can’t believe that Evan is starting school in less than a month!!! I need to get cracking on school shopping.
2. To go with number one, I can’t believe my baby is going to be in 5th grade. Next year, middle school. Where did the time go??
3. I am so grateful for all the loving people in my life! I love each and everyone one of you!
4. In the past month we have taken two road trips all together as a family (Nana, Papa, Mama & Evan) Evan has expressed how much he enjoys doing things all together so I hope that there will be many more occassions like this
5. It makes me so proud to see Evan’s confidence building with his Karate lessons
6. I finally got back to Fenway after almost 20 years. Way too long!
7. I have seen a lot of my family this summer and that makes me extremely happy!
8. I wish the economy would come back around, or i could win the lottery. Sugar Daddy would be nice too. lol! Times are tough!
9. Along with all the good I have heard some not so good in the recent past. I am praying for everyone to be happy and healthy
10. I need to start stretching! I have two walks coming up in the near future! I will do whatever it takes to keep my family healthy even if i have to walk, run, bike, whatever! We need to find cures to all the stupid sicknesses in this world!!!

Evan is soaring in Karate and I am so proud of him. I love to see him practicing his forms and his self defense. the confidence that he is gaining has become so apparent and I love it.

He has just recently graduated on to his Advanced Gold Belt

I get choked up every time my baby earns a new belt. I wonder sometimes if it will just become routine. I certainly hope it does not. How can pride become a routine??

Watch out Jaden Smith my boy has some real potential.

If you look up the history of Father’s day you will see that it was not declared a holiday until 40 years after Mother’s day was declared a holiday. Coincidence?? I think not! Who really does most of the work? Who bears the children? Who carries the children for nine, sometimes close to ten, months. When children hurt themselves who do they cry for? Mommy. When they become big football stars and they get a touchdown and the camera is on them, when you read their lips, what do they say? “Hi Mom!” Father’s day has never really been a big deal for me. Don’t get me wrong there are some Dad’s out there who do a PHENOMENAL job and I am most certainly not trying to take away from the at all. I’m really focusing on the fathers who don’t deserve the title Dad or Daddy. What have they done to earn this title? Just creating a child does not give you the right to call yourself a “Daddy”. A Daddy does not just create a child. A Daddy loves nurtures and cherishes the child that they have created. Being a single mom I have the role of both parents, as did my mother for most of our years growing up. Steve entered the scene when i was about 13, poor guy! lol! HE has been a great stepfather and is an AWESOME Papa! My Dad has been in and out for most of my life and just recently I have let loose with some pent up feelings. It felt good to get it out. Now I’m just working on the forgiving part. I am rambling on a bit now…basically I would like to commend all of the Daddies out there and Mommies that are there for children EVERY day.

Happy Father’s Day

Ok so I’ve been called a slacker as far as my blog goes. LOL! Let’s see since my last post what have I been up to?
In my ten years of working at IPC I recently witnessed the worst inventory. The positive spin was that I ended up with 10.5 hours in OT, granted Uncle Sam took half of it, it was still extra money.
Tanya and I have discovered that we need to have a check list before we assemble anymore invites. I am planning a 40th birthday party for Sista Friend (for those of you who don’t know, that’s Joni, my brother’s girlfriend). Tanya was sweet enough to contribute her talents and make up the invitations. I “proof” read them, apparently not very well. After we finished assembling all 100 invitations, labeled, stamped and sealed the envelopes they were ready to go in the mail….or so we thought. When I got home gave my mother her’s and we were looking it over when I realized the date was wrong (LOUD GASP HERE). We very carefully (and successfully i might add) opened up all of the invites and mom and I spent the next night with a pink marker fixing the dates. It’s pretty comical now, but I was panicking at the time. I will post pics of the invitation once the party has taken place. Joni knows when the party is, but that’s it.
This past Saturday was the Eagles concert, featuring the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban. It was a fantastic show! It rained off and on all day and we were drenched but we had an absolute blast! I have posted some pics here

Lots of fun events coming up for the summer! I will do my beset to keep up with my blog.

Hope everyone has a fun and exciting summer!!

Growing up my brother and I, as most siblings, always fought. We used to drive my mother, and each other, nuts! I never would have imagined that we would become so close as we are now. Looking at things from an adult perspective, my brother is the ONLY man in my life that has been there for my entire life. Next to my mom, he is my rock! One of the few people I know I can call on whenever, for whatever. We have both been through a lot of crap in our lives, some of it may have been sibling rivalry (LOL!) but we have always been through it together. He can always make me laugh. He holds a lot of titles but the two for me are Brother and Best Friend!!!

Love you Bro!!!!!

What a fabulous Memorial Weekend we had! I spent Friday night putting together Lucy’s Garden (it’s what she asked for). I can’t wait to taste the lovely vegetables that she grows.
Saturday was Lucy’s Wizard Of Oz birthday. I went as Glenda the Good Witch. I wished I had my camera to capture to look of amazement on Lucy’s face when I got out of the car. I absolutely love that little girl. Aside from the afternoon Thunderstorm the party was as fabulous as the rest of the Pimental parties. I love spending time with my family!!
Sunday was the Annual Sheridan Cookout. Another great time with family and friends. Mom was a little out of commission with her boot and all so I was running a lot. Not that I minded at all. There were some usuals that were missed but I was happy to see everyone that did come, there were some new faces who will hopefully become “usuals”.
Monday was a chill day. We hung out at Kelly’s pool. Had tons of food and just relaxed in anticipation of the work week ahead.

I love my friends and family and glad I got to spend quality time with all of them!!

I have been going to the Kiss concert for 13 years now. I missed a couple due to having a new baby and such but since 1997 Rachel and I have been attending the Kiss concert. It was always something I enjoyed and looked forward to doing every year. It was always Rachel and I and sometimes others joined us like Julie and Brittany and company. Last year I missed it but Rachel still attended, this year I went and Rachel missed it. This year was still special because I took Evan. This was Evan’s first concert and he had an awesome time. His favorite performer was Jason Derulo. I loved watching him get into the music. There will be many more concerts in our future I’m sure. He’s already asked if we can go next year and of course I said yes.

I can’t even believe that my lil baby is 10 years old. It just seems impossible sometimes. I was sitting next to a mother at Karate last night who was getting annoyed with her 6 year old wanting to be held and sit on her lap. She looked at me and said, ” I know one day I will miss this, but today is not the day.” I chuckled with her and immediately Trace Adkins’ song “You’re Gonna Miss This” popped into my head. I thought to myself, I do miss those days when Evan would just crawl into my lap. I love it when he wants to watch a movie with me. We are off to the cottage this weekend and I anticipate some cuddling movie time with my lil man.